What the records say
- When
- 21 Aug 1939
- Kind
- Protest
- Coordinates
- 38.81° N, 77.05° W
- Description
- 1939 anti-segregation protest in Virginia, United States
Alexandria Library sit-in
1939 anti-segregation protest in Virginia, United States
The Alexandria Library sit-in was one of the first staged sit-in actions in the United States, pioneering the use of nonviolent direct action to demand equal rights for African Americans. On August 21, 1939, five Black men sat down inside the Alexandria Public Library and quietly read books, a transgression of the library's "whites only" policy.
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